Battle of Piqua

Battle of Piqua
Part of the American Revolutionary War
An illustration of the battle
Date August 8, 1780 Location Bethel Township, Clark County Result American victory
Belligerents
United States	Shawnee Lenape Wyandot Mingo
Commanders and leaders
George Rogers Clark	Black Hoof
Strength
970 militia	450 Indians
Casualties and losses
~45 killed 40 wounded	5-6 killed 3 wounded

The Battle of Piqua, also known as the Battle of Peckowee, Battle of Pekowi, Battle of Peckuwe and the Battle of Pickaway, was a military engagement fought on August 8, 1780, at the Indian village of Piqua along the Mad River in western Ohio Country between the Kentucky County militia under General George Rogers Clark and Shawnee Indians under Chief Black Hoof. The Indians were driven off and the village and surrounding fields burned, but Clark suffered daunting casualties. Clark's expedition was in response to Bird's invasion of Kentucky earlier that summer by a combined force of Shawnee, Lenape and Miami warriors that killed and captured hundreds of white settlers.